John vandercar



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Letters Patent No. 74,637, dated'February 418, 1868.

IMBRYED BOOT-BLAGKING APPARATUS.

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Beit known that 1, JOHN VANDERCAR, ot` the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certainY new-and useful Improvements in Boot-Blacking Apparatus; andLI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, 'reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specication, in w'hich- I Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention.'

Figure 2 is alengitudinal verticalsection' thereof, taken on 'the plane of' the line csic, fig. 1, showing the foot-rest pivoted to the standard.V I i Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of another manner of attaching the footrest to the standard, namely, by a ball-socket joint.

My invention consists in connecting the foot-rest to the standard by means of a ball-socket joint, whereby the foot may be rocked in order to bring'the toe, heel, or either side of the boot in the niost convenient position for blacking hthe same. d

' In gs. 1 and 2, A' designates the foot-rest, which, in the present instance, is shaped so as to permit the .curvatures of the sole andfthe heel of. the boot to .it snugly thereto, and is also made with a bifurcated forward end to serve the purpose of a boot-jack. Andthe said foot-rest also carriesl in the present instances. lng, a, at a point which would correspond to the shank of Ya. boot, which lug extends downward. B B are two standards, each of which in the presentinstance consists of two legs provided with feet, 7L, through which screws :may pass to secure them to the board orbed-piece onwhich they are to rest,and these legs or standards vare connected together at their tops. The foot-rest is securedl to'these legs-by a pivotwhich passes thronghjthe top of said legs or standards and throughthe lug a,A the latter being'between the legs or standards. In order to'prevent theI footlrest being- `tilted too far down atthe heel, when it is desirable to use the'foota'est as a boot-jack, cast the standards or legs with a shoulder at their top, against which the foot-rest bears when tilted suiiiciently for the purpose just alluded to. It is therefore evident that the foot-rest can be rocked so as'to bring the toe or heel up, for the purpose of enabling a person-the more readily to reach such'parts 'of the bootfor blacking the same. It is intended Vto make'thefoot-rest and legs of :cast iron, and there being but three' pieces, the'articlc can be produced very cheaply indeed.

In iig. 3, A also dsgnatesthe foot-rest, which is shown as similar tothatin thetwo other` figures. C

designates the legs, having feet as in the-'previous instance. Each'pair carries ,at itstopthe'lhalf of a ball`-` socket, Ef The foot-rest carries on its under side ajlug, b, whose lower face is hollowed out toit on the top of the socket E E, andbear against itwhichever way the foot-rest i s rocl ied. V lD ,is the ball, of a proper size to t y into the socket to constitute a ball-socket jointf so called, and it is connected tothe foot-rest, or rather to4 the lug b by a. shank,, extending from one of its sides up to the saidfoot-rest. The openingnin the' top of the socket is suilciently large to allow a proper swingto the foot-rest, beforetlle said shank strikesthe sides of the opening, to allow the said foot-rest to be canted suihcien-.tly far on either side to bringthat" sideiof the .b oot,

when placed thereon,up to a more accessible position for blacking the saine, andalso to allow 4the heel or toe to be rocked suiiciently far for the same purpose. The-two legs are heldA together 'a bolt, d, or in any; otherA suitable manner to keep'the twohalvesiof the socket closed together.' The manner herein described of mounting a i' oot-rest enables a person to black his own boots withiar greater ease than when he places his foot upon a fix-ed object.` He can swinger cant the boot in any direction to v bring the most inaccessible parts ina most convenient position'tobe reached'gby the brush; i and moreover, when ,blocking his own`boots, in order to get at vone side, near the shank of the boot, it is necessary to rest theother side of .theboot upon something, land thus mar or take awaythe polish, whereas with the latter form of rest this can be done without bringing the polished side in contact-with the object on which the boot rests.'

In gs. 1 and 2 I have shown the foot-rest AB ts-secured in a box or blackngcase; F being the box, and i Gr the cover. This article can have astuifed top,"as sho-wn, and when closed present the appearance of an ottoman. I have shown a scraper, e, aiixed-to one end oi'` the cover, and a receptacle, H, forthe box of blacking and its cover, the latter to contain water. The two latter can he kept in placeby aslille arranged to shove mier them. The' brushes can be placed in the ho'x under thefoot-rest.l I thus'provide a boot-blackirig apparatus whieh can be cheaply constructed, and is Ornamental in a gentlema-ns rpom.

In iig. 3 I have shawn the foot-rest vA C secured to a board,f, which proyides a mestlsimple and cheap apparatus. v

What I claim as my invention, and desire `to secureby Letters Patent, is.- *l

lConnecting the foot-rest-qt` a bot-blackingapparatus-or device to itsy standard-'legs or supports by a ballsocket jeint, substantially as herein specified. i v I l JOHN VANDERCARL Witnesses: l

JOHN R. Coorn'n, ML M. LIvINGsV'rQN. 

